You know, I didn't care for the art in this book when I first picked it up--the stories more than made up for it, but I still didn't like it. I've got to say that it's really grown on me over the last months. It may be atypical, but it's certainly effective, and seems ideal for a title with so many characters that need to be differentiated.
So, had anyone ever heard of Sodam Yat before this storyline? I hadn't, but then I don't have a real history with most DC titles, including Green Lantern books. From that point of view it seems as if he was pulled in out of nowhere to take on the Ion mantle, that he's being given that solely on the basis of his performance in the Sinestro Corps thing. Not that that couldn't be a valid reason, or proof of his ability, but it does seem a little sudden. Then again, I don't suppose there's any really graceful way to introduce a new mega-powerful character into an existing title. :)
Of course, it is the Guardians who are assigning Yat this importance, and its not as if their judgment has been particularly good lately...
The Children of the White Lobe remain one of the creepiest things I've seen here, which isn't surprising, there's nothing creepier than creepy kids.
And here we also see a different set of reactions to the enabling of lethal force, some fairly enthusiastic, and a stellar moment from Salaak. Good read.
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A lot of the GL Corps lore in this storyline, including Sodam Yat, Ranx, and the Children of the White Lobe, was originally mentioned in an Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neill story from a 1980s Green Lantern Annual. The Empire of Tears, a race of demons imprisoned by the Guardians, tells Abin Sur not only how he'll die, but how the entire Corps will be defeated.
It's been reprinted in the DC Universe Stories By Alan Moore paperback, which I think now includes "The Killing Joke" and "Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow?" You could probably find it on scans_daily too, but I'm not sure about that.
A "Sodol" Yat is also included in Moore's rejected "Twilight of the Superheroes", where he kills a corrupted Superman who's finished massacring Martian Manhunter, Green Lanterns, Thanagarians, etc.
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